Saturday's letters: Highland Lake

Published: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.

To the editor: Residents of Flat Rock, a survey about the purchase of Highland Lake Golf Course for a park in Flat Rock indicated that most are in favor, but I have some questions:

1. Would you be in favor of the purchase if you knew it was in a flood plain and that the cost to buy, improve, operate, maintain and insure would increase your taxes?

2. Are you willing to share our park and its expenses with other residents, as its placement near shopping is inviting?

3. Are you willing to pay taxes for security protection, since we have no police force other than the sheriff?

4. Are you aware that noise from the park could be a disturbance to nearby churches?

5. Will use of the park increase traffic on Route 225 South, requiring this historic scenic byway to be widened?

I hope to see you at the presentation of the proposed Flat Rock Park at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Flat Rock Village Hall.

Jacqueline M. Polley

Flat Rock

Ammunition

To the editor: I grew up in a family that was both avid hunters and conservationists. I was taught gun safety and proper handling of firearms at an early age. We only hunted game that was legal to hunt and never used a tree stand or baited animals.

My background in hunting is use of a flintlock, pre-Civil War percussion musket and other percussion rifles and shotguns, as well as modern shotguns and rifles. In all of my years of hunting game such as deer, I have not had to fire more than four shots.

What I am saying is that I’ve used guns that held one to five rounds of ammunition, which shows that accuracy is very important. With proper training in not only stationary but moving targets, a person should greatly improve his accuracy and not require a large quantity of ammunition.

In my experience, I found that hunters who fired five quick rounds at wild game very seldom hit the game. They substituted volume for accuracy.

Larry Pitcher

Hendersonville

Same freedoms

To the editor: Last week was a busy week in Washington, D.C. Millions of Americans converged on the capital three separate days to celebrate freedom.

On Jan. 21, POLITICO reported “at least 1 million” Americans gathered at the presidential inauguration to celebrate the results of the freedom to democratically elect a president. The Times-News reported the inaugural events in its Jan. 22 edition. Last Saturday, as proclaimed in the Times-News headline on Sunday, “Thousands rally in Washington for gun control.” These Americans gathered celebrating the right to free speech, the right to assemble and the inalienable right to protect life.

The third gathering? On Jan. 25, people also gathered to celebrate the right to free speech, the right to assemble and the inalienable right to protect life. “Organizers said that hundreds of thousands may have turned out at (the March for Life 2013) rally,” according to The Associated Press.

The Times-News omitted reporting on this rally. The Times-News made visible the million-plus Americans at the presidential inauguration and the thousands of Americans at the gun control rally. Why did it choose to make invisible the hundreds of thousands of Americans at the March for Life rally? All three crowds were celebrating the many and sometimes same freedoms of America.

Mary E. O’Neill

Hendersonville

‘Barackistan’

To the editor: Well, Inauguration Day has come and gone, and one has to wonder why the country has chosen to “double down” on economic misery, governmental dysfunction and moral infrastructural collapse for another four years. But the electorate has spoken, and now we will continue our national descent!

It was amazing, however, to see how our tired Founding Fathers’ documents, both the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, were conveniently dragged out and dusted off to segue and fuse with the civil rights movement conveniently on MLK Jr. Day, while 364 days of the year they come under fire by the radical left as too restrictive and archaic.

What took the cake, though, were the inaugural posters that likened Barack Obama to Jesus Christ and that the “prophecy” had been fulfilled. Whose prophecy? My immediate response to that claim is that it was blasphemy against Almighty Jehovah God! You see, as a Christian, I know Jesus, and BHO is no messiah — and if you believe he is, you’re in big trouble. In the meantime, my fellow citizens of “Barackistan,” settle in and enjoy the slide! We will be imploding very shortly!

<p>To the editor: Residents of Flat Rock, a survey about the purchase of Highland Lake Golf Course for a park in Flat Rock indicated that most are in favor, but I have some questions:</p><p>1. Would you be in favor of the purchase if you knew it was in a flood plain and that the cost to buy, improve, operate, maintain and insure would increase your taxes?</p><p>2. Are you willing to share our park and its expenses with other residents, as its placement near shopping is inviting?</p><p>3. Are you willing to pay taxes for security protection, since we have no police force other than the sheriff?</p><p>4. Are you aware that noise from the park could be a disturbance to nearby churches?</p><p>5. Will use of the park increase traffic on Route 225 South, requiring this historic scenic byway to be widened?</p><p>I hope to see you at the presentation of the proposed Flat Rock Park at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Flat Rock Village Hall.</p><p><em>Jacqueline M. Polley</em></p><p><em>Flat Rock</em></p><h3>Ammunition</h3>
<p>To the editor: I grew up in a family that was both avid hunters and conservationists. I was taught gun safety and proper handling of firearms at an early age. We only hunted game that was legal to hunt and never used a tree stand or baited animals.</p><p>My background in hunting is use of a flintlock, pre-Civil War percussion musket and other percussion rifles and shotguns, as well as modern shotguns and rifles. In all of my years of hunting game such as deer, I have not had to fire more than four shots.</p><p>What I am saying is that I’ve used guns that held one to five rounds of ammunition, which shows that accuracy is very important. With proper training in not only stationary but moving targets, a person should greatly improve his accuracy and not require a large quantity of ammunition.</p><p>In my experience, I found that hunters who fired five quick rounds at wild game very seldom hit the game. They substituted volume for accuracy.</p><p><em>Larry Pitcher</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Same freedoms</h3>
<p>To the editor: Last week was a busy week in Washington, D.C. Millions of Americans converged on the capital three separate days to celebrate freedom.</p><p>On Jan. 21, POLITICO reported at least 1 million Americans gathered at the presidential inauguration to celebrate the results of the freedom to democratically elect a president. The Times-News reported the inaugural events in its Jan. 22 edition. Last Saturday, as proclaimed in the Times-News headline on Sunday, Thousands rally in Washington for gun control. These Americans gathered celebrating the right to free speech, the right to assemble and the inalienable right to protect life.</p><p>The third gathering? On Jan. 25, people also gathered to celebrate the right to free speech, the right to assemble and the inalienable right to protect life. Organizers said that hundreds of thousands may have turned out at (the March for Life 2013) rally, according to The Associated Press.</p><p>The Times-News omitted reporting on this rally. The Times-News made visible the million-plus Americans at the presidential inauguration and the thousands of Americans at the gun control rally. Why did it choose to make invisible the hundreds of thousands of Americans at the March for Life rally? All three crowds were celebrating the many and sometimes same freedoms of America.</p><p><em>Mary E. O’Neill</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><h3>Barackistan’</h3>
<p>To the editor: Well, Inauguration Day has come and gone, and one has to wonder why the country has chosen to double down on economic misery, governmental dysfunction and moral infrastructural collapse for another four years. But the electorate has spoken, and now we will continue our national descent!</p><p>It was amazing, however, to see how our tired Founding Fathers’ documents, both the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, were conveniently dragged out and dusted off to segue and fuse with the civil rights movement conveniently on MLK Jr. Day, while 364 days of the year they come under fire by the radical left as too restrictive and archaic.</p><p>What took the cake, though, were the inaugural posters that likened Barack Obama to Jesus Christ and that the prophecy had been fulfilled. Whose prophecy? My immediate response to that claim is that it was blasphemy against Almighty Jehovah God! You see, as a Christian, I know Jesus, and BHO is no messiah  and if you believe he is, you’re in big trouble. In the meantime, my fellow citizens of Barackistan, settle in and enjoy the slide! We will be imploding very shortly!</p><p><em>Bob Jopson</em></p><p><em>Hendersonville</em></p><p><em></em></p>